Let me just assume that you are looking at me when I'm talking. You are looking, aren't you? If not, you may need to review the tip titled "Look At Me When I’m Talking." If you aren't managing that skill, speaking up will still help, but not so much.

Although this may not be a problem for you, it is for me. If I get a little lazy and don't pay attentionk, I tend to look down and mumble or at least talk too quietly for others to hear without needing to make a special effort to hear. I'll bet you see where my problem starts. Sure, it's tending to look down.

Speaking up definitely hooks up with looking at people when they are talking. It's important to also look at people when you are talking. It's pretty easy for me to slip into not looking up, not looking at the person to whom I'm talking.

People who can see are much more comfortable when they and those with whom they are talking can look at each other. Face-to-Face is most always the preferred mode. If they are having a Zoom call, they want the cameras on. In-person is preferable to telephone calls. But here's the clincher. Those of us who can't see can usually hear when people who are talking to us aren't looking at us. For me, it feels like they aren't interested, are distracted or just not engaged. It feels like we are not communicating.

That's most everything you need to know about speaking up. The only additional requirement is to now speak loudly enough and clearly enough so others can hear and understand. Judge the distance, the ambient noise and then talk, about as loudly as others are talking. If they can't hear you, they will likely let you know. Just look up, speak up and play it by ear from there.